Talk:Virtual designs into physical objects

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Combined section on Computer-controlled flexible manufacturing techniques

Great picture of engine block being milled: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vertikalbearbeitungszentrum_Hermle_C_30_U.jpg

Fortune magazine article on Gershenfeld: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393124/index.htm

Build your own pcb mill http://web.mit.edu/kumpf/www/pcbmill.html

Build your own cnc machine http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/29/how-to-build-your-own-cnc-machine-part-1/

Solid metal parts: http://www.gizmag.co.uk/go/5312. ARCAM electron-Beam Melting (EBM). Layer thickness 0.05mm

• Rapid injection mouldings, vac forming etc

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Keywords: Solid freeform fabrication

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